Its done loud and proud with guns in my neighborhood EVERY holiday. HBD America W5RH
Sent from my eye doo hickey > On Jul 5, 2015, at 9:39 PM, Bruce via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote: > > i agree that we should celebrate with guns. it's the american way. > > 73...bruce > >> On 7/5/2015 5:56 PM, K5HM via BVARC wrote: >> In a July 3 letter to his wife Abigail, John Adams made this prediction: >> The Second Day of July 1776, will be the most memorable Epocha, in the >> History of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated, by >> succeeding Generations, as the great anniversary Festival. It ought to be >> commemorated, as the Day of Deliverance by solemn Acts of Devotion to God >> Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with [Shows], >> Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this >> Continent to the other from this Time forward forever more. >> >> One of the quirks of history in that the Declaration was actually passed by >> the Continental Congress on July 2nd but it took two days to prepare the >> final draft for signing. Which is why we celebrate the 4th as Independence >> Day. Other than that , Adams was accurate in his prediction as to how the >> holiday would be celebrated. >> >> This year I celebrated the 4th by working the 13 Colonies Event and made a >> clean sweep including the two bonus stations. My application for the >> certificate is in the mail as I write this. If you did not participate this >> year, you owe it to yourself to work it next year. If for no other reason >> than to hear so many people say, “God bless America”, on the air. >> http://www.13colonies.info/ >> >> Later as I popped a brewski, I watched the fireworks from Washington, DC. >> Probably the best fireworks this year IMHO. Seeing the Washington Monument >> and the Lincoln Memorial outlined by the glow of colors from the >> pyrotechnics was awesome. The music included the performance of >> Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture by the US Army Band. The musical score calls >> for the ringing of church bells and volleys of cannon fire. Not exactly a >> piece that can be played by three guys in a garage. If you ever heard it >> performed, you know what I mean. Tchaikovsky’s overture didn’t commemorate >> our War of 1812. It was to remember the Russian defense against Napoleon’s >> invasion that same year. >> >> It was a great 4th of July weekend this year. Hope you are all safe and >> “God bless America.” >> >> 73, >> Ron, K5HM >> k5hm....@gmail.com >> www.qrz.com/db/k5hm >> <mime-attachment.jpg><mime-attachment.jpg> >> Excelsior! >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> BVARC mailing list >> BVARC@bvarc.org >> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > > > -- > > Bruce Paige, KK5DO > > AMSAT Director Contests and Awards > > ARRL Awards Field Checker (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE > > Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* > Also live streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com > Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes > > Latest satellite news on the ARRL Audio News > http://www.arrl.org > > AMSAT on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/amsat > _______________________________________________ > BVARC mailing list > BVARC@bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org
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